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Phil01

(189 posts)
Thu Jun 1, 2023, 09:57 AM Jun 2023

Rainbow flag is burned at LA elementary school where furious parents have vowed to BOYCOTT Pride ... [View all]

Rainbow flag is burned at LA elementary school where furious parents have vowed to BOYCOTT Pride event as protests escalate - with transgender teacher forced in hiding amid concerns for his safety
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12145839/Rainbow-flag-burned-LA-elementary-school-furious-parents-vowed-BOYCOTT-Pride-event.html

A transgender teacher's Pride flag was burned at a Los Angeles elementary school where furious parents have vowed to boycott an LGBT event.

An intruder broke into Saticoy Elementary School in North Hollywood over the weekend and set the flag on fire.

The full-time teacher, who is a transgender man, discovered its remains in a plant pot which was also broken.

He has now been removed from the school by the Los Angeles Unified School District over concerns for his safety, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Anger has escalated among the school community due to an upcoming Pride assembly and parents have scheduled a protest against the 'inappropriate' event on Friday.

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"Is this a hill you are willing die on?" used to be a rhetorical question, but the RW has just answered it.

I predict calls for the end of public schooling (but with "vouchers" ), and anti-trans will be the hook.
Maybe a plank on the next Republican presidential platform.
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